Past Resources of the Week
ROTW: Ban the Box: Major U.S. Cities and Counties Adopt Fair Hiring Policies to Remove Unfair Barriers to Employment of People with Criminal Records (Updated 2015)
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
- National Employment Law Project
- Link: http://www.reentry.net
The National Employment Law Project (NELP) has created a resource guide documenting the cities and counties that have taken steps to remove barriers to employment for qualified workers with criminal records, specifically by removing conviction history questions from job applications-a reform commonly known as "ban the box."